The United States Moves Closer to , Authorizing More <br />COVID-19 Booster Shots.<br />The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is scheduled<br /> to meet Thursday and Friday.<br />The committee will discuss <br />additional doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for <br />eligible Americans.<br />United States regulators authorized booster shots of the <br />Pfizer BioNTech vaccine last month.<br />The booster shots will be intended for the elderly, the immunocompromised and essential employees in <br />food and public health.<br />According to data from the CDC, <br />over 7 million have already received a booster shot in the United States.<br />It is believed that a round of booster shots will further reduce another rise in hospitalizations and deaths.<br />Though COVID-19 continues to variate, the vaccines have proven to be effective in preventing serious illness. .<br />Even with delta, the current vaccines are holding up quite well as far as hospitalization and severe disease…<br />It’s the infections that <br />seem to be a concern, Norman Baylor, former director of FDA vaccines office,<br />via CNBC.<br />Cases of COVID-19 in the U.S.<br /> fell below 100,000 last week.<br />Health experts agree that vaccines are the best tool in limiting the spread of COVID-19
